Modelling stably stratified boundary-layer flow over low hills

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 123, Issue 543, 1997, Pages 1841-1866

  Weng, W ^a   Chan, L ^a   Taylor, P A ^a   Xu, D ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Inviscid flow; Orography; Pressure drag

Indexed keywords

HILL; MODELING; STRATIFIED FLOW;

HILL; LOW; MODELING; STRATIFIED FLOW;

EID: 0031393031     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.54303     Document Type: Article

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